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My light-hearted science fiction story, Klubbe the Turkle and the Golden Star Coracle, will be published by Publish Nation soon, hopefully before the end of April, 2015. The origin of my Klubbe story is a tiny toy turtle I found in the house I once lived in when I lived in Newcastle in 1983, desi...
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Many centuries ago, in the days of the samurais, a text was written in Japan on the spiritual art of wielding the sword: “Impassive comprehension”, also known as “The Treatise of Tahlan”, the name of the author (a fencing master and Zen monk). Below are an extract that I have adapted: Finding the...
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The next book in my Mastered series, UNRAVELED releases today! Isn’t the cover gorgeous? And so far, the reviews for what’s inside have been outstanding too! Check it out — buy links are below or look for it in Target!

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie was definitely the SFF book everyone was talking about last year and when it came to awards I think it was shortlisted for just about everything going and won a fair few of them, specifically the :

A friend of mine recently told me I was too old for my belly ring. To that I say---PFFFFF! Or some other choice words. I have also been to told to stop wearing mini skirts, tone down the red lipstick, buy a house, start a family. So many things I’m supposed to give up and start doing any day now…...
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I don’t like my eyebrows.I’ve never been kissed.I don’t want to clean up my mess.I’m involved in a gang.I don’t know if I’m gay.I want my cat to be a cover model.I don’t know if I’m depressed/colorblind.I’m racist.I’m overstimulated.I have ghosts.I’m...
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Hey! From March 1st through March 15th, 2015, profits from sales of Short Bus Hero will go to Pittsburgh's ACHIEVA organization. It's a cause that is close to my children's hearts. Take a look at their web page - www.achieva.org - and consider buying a book and helping them out. Thanks!
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RELEASE DATE: JUNE 17, 2005When his family's priceless Cézanne disappears from a local museum, former homicide inspector Del Miller leaves the investigation to the FBI. But that's before an art dealer alleges that Del's grandfathe...
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I've been reflecting recently on how the word 'writer' can sometimes become a red flag, attracting businesses who misinterpret 'writer' as meaning 'customer'. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. If we see the writing and publishing process as a business model which ultimately involv...
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I’m so excited to give you a first look at my new upcoming series, THE DUNGEON’S KEY. This series has been a couple years in the making, so to say I’m thrilled to start this series is the understatement of the year. It’s going to be an emotional ride, for sure. Of course,...

Not really sure of the answer myself, but after a conversation with another indie author, it is definitely a topic of concern. It used to be quite commonplace for readers to patiently wait up to a year for their favorite authors next release. And I believe largely with the Traditional set, that...
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I’ve been talking about this movie for years, and talking EVEN MORE about that over the last several months, ever since we secured real funding. What I have not been able to talk about is the cast, because up until the point where everything was absolutely final, there was still the possibility t...

Right as the two Benz and I were getting settled, we got a job to design packaging for FlyLine RC, a line of indoor remote controlled planes (You can see some of the designs on their "Room Raiders" line), thanks to Bill Goodman and the fact that Bishop was still doing a little work for him here a...
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Thepassing of Leonard Nimoy was very sad for me. There are a lot of fantastic actors in Hollywood who play wonderful characters but there is no character as memorable to me as Mr. Spock. He’s been a part of my life for as long as I can remember and I love him as if he were a real person.

Today is the release day for my new urban fantasy novel, a standalone called A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark. It’s a pacifist urban fantasy; in a genre where violent asskickers act as though modern cities are lawless hellholes, the protagonist in this book has dedicated herself to stopping s...

Hike your socks and grab your cocks, time for another IQ, the podcast that killed the radio star. Studies suggest that castrated men may live 15-20 years longer than their ballsy brethren. So today we get snippy and ask Would you endure castration to live 20 years longer? Now, these aren’t 20 bon...

I’m asked just about every day, by people with whom I share a blood relation, “Charlie, do I really need a fucking Playstation to watch POWERS?” To which I answer, “No, you do not need a fucking Playstation.”

(Please note that fucking Playstations are fine fucking products and use of the word fuck...

In Wren’s experience, wizards came in two standard varieties. There were the frail thin ones, usually with long beards. And the young, voluptuous sorceresses who appeared to believe that wearing clothes hampered their magic. The suspect was the latter. Her cleavage spilled out of he...

Figure of SpeechHalle Shifters Book 4Genre: Paranormal RomanceLength: NovelISBN: 9781619226364Release Date: March 3, 2015When two hearts speak as one, no words are needed.Chloe Williams has waited four long years for her mate to acknowledge her. Time and again he has turned her away for being to...
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So this is my first blog posting. Ever. Clearly, I’m just slightly behind the times, but it’s never too late to start.

For today’s blog, I wanted to give a shout out to the genre that brought me to this blessed space in the first place: Young Adult, or YA as it’s most commonly referred to. I was i...
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So I’m looking at the weather this morning before I head out to my office–Thor bringing down the hammer in one last bid for winter–and Tim starts in with the possibility that we bow out of our usually Tuesday night plans. I’m thinking it’s because of the potential ice, but he lovingly takes me in...

Today is the official publication of Razorhurst in the USA and Canada by Soho Press. For those of you who have been waiting since last July when it was published in Australia and New Zealand the wait is over!

For those of who you have no idea what I’m talking about: Razorhurst takes place on a win...